I am a vehicle calibration engineer. Braking is absolutely NOT done by wire. Same for steering except for one or two freakish models at the top of Nissan's range, which has a mechanical backup that from my understanding requires power to be disengaged, so it will [hopefully] fail-safe. I haven't seen the…

the braking is not drive by wire at all. The pedal is connected to the master cylinder. The steering has an electric motor to assist, but still has a column and intermediate shaft connecting the wheel to the rack.

Actually the Limo's should be Biodiesel Suburbans, as nothing else can carry the weight of the armor. The glass of the current limos is currently so thick the interior lights are on during the daytime.

step one for oil change-remove engine and transmission

Hell yeah "pulchritudinous". Loved the write up on this. Isn't it amazing how utilitarian design is often what leads to cues of "classic" and "timeless"? He didn't care about the style, and that's why it stands today. If he had, the damn thing would have been abandoned, rebadged, or at least suffered numerous…

What killed that era was a triple-whammy of changes in tax code in 1986, the rise of 36-month leases, and Lexus.

Yes, of course. Definitely the government and environmentalists fault. Couldn't possibly be that the corporation decided that that level of engineering wasn't cost-effective. No way.

Mercedeses from this era really were heirloom cars, in that you could pass one down through the generations, if the family was so inclined. It was a time when Daimler-Benz was ruled by a benevolent engineer junta that strove to make the best cars possible regardless of cost or margins and just trusted that the money…

Really, I don't think we are the ones who should be answering that question. Any FWD sedan on here that can't be considered a hot hatch is going to get nothing but hate on Jalopnik, in my experience.

this is exactly what worries me about how us millennials primarily consume information, especially information about sensitive, complicated issues (think buzzfeed and Facebook politicking groups). There are already tons of these "warriors" in existence, albeit not from official government branches. Still, the amount…

But it's more fun to pretend you have a comprehensive understanding of the development of an aircraft of this caliber and then mock it.

I am waiting till IOC before passing judgement on the F-35s. It maybe over budget and time but its not the worst development period of a combat aircraft, that medal goes to the F-100 or the F-111B.

Screw V8s. Put the 360 hp 2.0l 4-cyl from the 45 AMG Benzes.

Accoridng to my Gran Turismo car selection screen, there are about 2000 more variants available for the miata

The funny thing about this Super Bowl ad is that most of the mouth breathing masses will take no notice over their guffawing at the latest Pepsi commercial. Yet if the Chinese were to cobble together a similar "prototype" out of bamboo and Bondo, the internet would be on fire with alarmist claims that we'll all be…

But will the old VC-25As be available with MaxCare?

Can Lancia please bring back the Stratos? Now is the time.

In addition to my other submission, I would say the Porsche Carrera GT. While competitors were moving towards automated transmissions and advanced traction and stability systems, the CGT stuck to the basics: race-derived engine, manual transmission, and a driving experience that rewarded good drivers and punished…

This is Jalopnik. The Bugatti became too mainstream so we started hating it.